Eyeglasses.



J. RENO.

EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1909.

Patented Dec. 20, 1-910.

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Patented Bee. 29, 19 3? 2 smms-smm WITNESSES:

To all whom it mag/ concern:

zen of the United States, and

UNITED- STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOSEPH salvo, or sournsmnss, MASSACHUSETTS, Assmnoa To AMERICAN or'rrc'n.

COMPANY, OF .SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION Off? MASSACHU- SETTS.

Be it known that I, J ossrn R210, a citi- I .sident of Southbridge, in the county of Worcester,

State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

2 and 3 A indicates thelenses'whicli are set in the so-called eye-wires or rims B to the My invention relates to eye-glasses having movable or adjustable (guards which are yieldinglypressed towar the wearers nose.

2 The object of m invention is. to combinesuch guards with nger pieces for operating them, in a novel manner which facilitates lower portions of which are secured, as by means of solder, lugs C channeled on'their 'outer faces to receive the attached" ends of metal strips D, secured to said lugs by means of screws The strips D are generally provided with facin F made of celluloid or other suitable material but it will be understood that the stri s may themselves be so constructed as to ispense with the facin s F. -These strips with their facings form t e nose guard for holding the eye-glasses on the wearers nose and the elastic nature of the strips tends to force them yieldingly toward each other; The planes of' movement of these nose guards are, as usual in eyeglasses,

oblique to the plane of the lenses themselves the latter being substantially vertical when in position on the nose while the nose guards or nose. grips proper are substantially parallel to the bridge of the wearers. nose.

The two'rims or eye wires -B areconnected by the bridge G of any approved cohstruetion and this bridgemecerves the vertical pivots H of swinglng arms or levers, the forwardends of which, J, form finger pieces by which these levers may be operated. The

rear ends K of the levers have a sliding engagement with the nose guards, preferably the eye-glass.

EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters latent.-

Application filed June 3, 1909. Serial No. aeasas.

the accompanying drawings, -in-- Patented Dec,.2 '0,--19 1u.

by means of elongated loops theouter faces of the nose guards. It will secured to i f be seen that finge? Pieces and-nose guards are made separate'fromeach otherj d are connected by a loose engagement'and also that in this particular construction the nose 1 guards are capable of ajslightmovement in! dependently of the finger pieces.

- While Lhave shown the nose guards pressed inward by their own elasticity, it

will be understood that-.the same result} might be obtained by theuse of separate springsa cting either on the nose -guards"directly, or on the finger: pieces as at S and T- Figs. 8 and 10 respectively. When separate springs are employed, the nose guards might be pivoted to lugs 0 carried by theirims B.

as in Fig. 10-or-directly.to the rims themselves, it being understood that the elastic attachment shown in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive 'is ra'ctically a pivotal'connection.

' 'n, the construction shown in Fig. 4 the bottom of the ing. With this construction the pallet can be adjusted in any direction to fit each individual case. .The 100 of the pallet might be attached to the inner ed e of the eye guard D -F is secured inf-a holder orpallet M formedor secured at the end of a metal loop N, the other endofwhich is secured to the rim B as-by solder-'- wire B toward the face .as in icated in--F1 8, if desired, in'which ease the pallet wou d not be so cons icuous, thereby improving the.

appearance 0 the eye-glass. The bottom of the guard mightbe fixed directly to, the dispensin with the pallet altogether as indicated in ig. 7. a

In Figs. -5 and 6 I have illustrated two applications 'of my invention to rimless uard held y a pallet or box M securedlto. the lens A as by means of a strap 0 and asses; Fi shows the lower end of the screw'P, entirely separate from the means such as strap Q, and screw R which sup orts the finger piece. In- Fig. 6 the strap .5, is

extended and formed with a loo Q termi-' hating in a pallet or box M for olding the-{ bottom of the guard. In other. respects the construction shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 corresponds to that of Figs. '1, 2 and 3.

I have shown thefinger piece pivoted'on the ends of thebr'idge; this, however, is not essential as the fi er piece might be pivoted on any suitable, re atively stat onary partjof; 1

I claim as my invention 1. An eyeglass provided with lenses and means for connecting them, spring-pressed nose guards having their lowen ends connected with the lenses and provided with loops between said connections and the upper free ends of said guards, and finger pieces pivoted independently of said nose guards and having a sliding engagement with said loops. p

2.- An eyeglass provided with lenses and means for connecting them, spring pressed nose guards attached at points adjacent to the lower portions of the lenses, and finger pieces pivoted at points above the attached portions of the nose guards and loosely connected with said guards between the aforesaid attaching points and the upper free ends of the guards.

3. An eyeglass provided with lenses and means for connecting them, movable nose uards attached at points adjacent to the lower portions of the lenses, and finger pieces supported movably at points between the attaching points and the upper free ends of the nose guards and loosely connected with said guards.

4. An eyeglass provided with lenses, a bridge connecting them, finger pieces car,- ried by the bridge to swing about vertical pivots adjacent to the lenses, and movable nose guards attached to the lens rims at points below said pivots and loosely connected with said finger pieces at points between said attaching points and the upper free ends of said guards.

A n e e lass Jrovided witl11. iense's and e ,l i v means for connecting them, "nose guards pivotally mounted at Ithen' lower ends to move in planes oblique to the .plane'of the I lenses and finger pieces each connected with one of said nose guards loosely at a point between said pivotal connection and the upper free end of said guard and mounted to move in a plane perpendicular to that of the lenses.

6. An eyeglass provided'with lenses and means for connecting them, nose guards niovably connected at their lower ends with the lenses, and finger pieces attached inov ably at different points from the said guards and having a sliding connection with the guards at points between theaforesaid connection and the upper free ends oi said guards.

7. In an eyeglass provided with lenses and means for connecting thennnose guards hav- ,v ing their lower ends connected with the lenses, 

